Event
Converse with a Conservator Gallery Talk: Materials from the State Fair
From butter cows and seed art to bird decoys and wreaths made of hair, artworks featured in SAAM’s special exhibition State Fairs: Growing American Craft are made from an incredible array of materials. Join Objects Conservators Leah Bright and Dorothy Cheng to learn more about the techniques they use to care for artworks made from these distinctive materials.
On View At
Branch of the Smithsonian American Art Museum dedicated to exhibiting American contemporary craft, celebrating makers taking both innovative and time-honored approaches to their work.
Washington, DC
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily
What's on View
State Fairs: Growing American Craft is the first exhibition dedicated to artists’ contributions to the great U.S. tradition of state fairs with more than 240 artworks on view, dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.
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